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Bill · started in the Commons

Sex Education (Required Content) Bill

A Bill to require schools to provide certain additional sex education to girls aged between 13 and 16; to provide that such education must include information and advice on the benefits of abstinence from sexual activity; and for connected purposes.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Sex Education (Required Content) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 4 May 2011 by Nadine Dorries (Conservative). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 4 May 2011
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 1 May 2012.